Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920s Honen ('Fruitful Year'): A handled flower basket of kurochiku or shichiku bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) plaited in free-style openwork twill weave overlaid with further free-style elements, the handle formed from an unsplit culm of natural bamboo secured on each side with elaborate rattan knotting, the otoshi (water container) a facetted and lacquered section of bamboo; signed underneath with incised characters Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai made this); with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Tennen chikute shichiku hanakago Honen (A dark bamboo flower basket with a natural bamboo handle [named|] 'Fruitful Year'; Sakaifu Nanso Chikuunsai kore o tsukuru (Chikuunsai of the Nanso Studio made this in Sakai) and sealed: Denjo no in (Seal of Denjo) and Chikuunsai. 49cm x 17.2cm x 16.8cm (19 1/4in x 6 3/4in x 6 1/2in). (3).